the number of MPs by 50 and for switching to the "alternative vote" system for Westminster, if voters back the idea.The clause allows that referendum to be staged alongside elections to the Welsh Assembly, the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly and local elections across England....
As the General Election campaign gets underway, the governing Conservative Party has a comfortable poll lead of around nine points according to the latest BBC ‘poll of polls’, which collates all available polling data. This would translate into a comfortable double-digit majority if borne out o...
However, it is unclear whether the local government elections will take place at all. Despite the election commission announcing January 18 to 21 as dates for accepting nominations for the local polls, there is a cloud of uncertainty over the widely anticipated election. Opposition parties continue ...